Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1911 — Woman as Hostage For Habby Wanted to Serve His Sentence. [ARTICLE]

Woman as Hostage For Habby Wanted to Serve His Sentence.

Hammond Times. Mrs. Mary Duckett, 3210 Ninetieth street appeared before Judge Sabath in the municipal court in South Chicago yesterday and unflinchingly offered to go to jail, or serve any sentence no matter how severe it might be, in place of her husband, Albert Duckett, who works at Gary, arrested last Monday on a charge of stealing brasses from the plant of the Illinois Steel company. When the case came up in court before Judge Sabath Mrs. Ducket pleaded for a continuance and being unable to find a bondsman, pleaded for her husband’s release. Finally Judge Sabath accepted her on her husband’s bond and set the case for today. This morning when the case was called Duckett* failed to appear but Mrs. Duckett was present to explain her husband’s absence saying that he was working, but that she was there to take his punishment. “Will you go to jail for your husband?’’ said the judge, and Mrs. Duckett replied with emphasis “certainly.” Judge Sabath, however, refused to allow this dutiful wife to serve her husband’s penalty, even if it was to jail for a year. After considering the case, the judge ordered a capias issue for the arrest of Duckett and set the hearing for next Tuesday. Mrs. Duckett told the court that her husband was working at Gary and if he laid off today he would lose his job.